1st Parachute Army (Wehrmacht)

1st Parachute Army
German: 1. Fallschirm-Armee
General Kurt Student commanded the 1st Parachute Army during the Allied Operation Market Garden
ActiveSeptember 1944 – 5 May 1945
Disbanded5 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchGerman Army
Size30,000 in September, 1944
EngagementsWestern Front
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Generaloberst Kurt Student

The 1st Parachute Army (German: 1. Fallschirm-Armee) was a combined forces between airborne forces (Fallschirmjäger), armoured, and mechanized infantry unit of German Army, formed in September, 1944, comprising 30,000 men.

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